... and must be construed more narrowly. The author argues against that perspective and in favor of the view implicit in contemporary international practice, using the right to democratic institutions. More than fifty years have passed since the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in that time the doctrine of human rights has come to play a distinctive and ... , and advocacy by non-governmental organizations at both the domestic and international levels of world politics. In many areas of international politics concerns about human rights are more pro...

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